Romeo & Juliet in darkness

Ромео и Джульетта во мгле

A chamber, psychologically rich version of the timeless tragedy has been created based on Lev Dodin’s composition, incorporating texts by William Shakespeare, Viktor Astafyev, Jan Otčenášek, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Elif Shafak. On stage are young actors from the Dodin Studio—energy, movement, songs, fights, and dramatic scenes. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, and Antonio Vivaldi accompanies this story, connecting different eras within a single theatrical space.

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Actors

Stepan Abramov

Yaroslav Vasilyev

Denis Ishchenko

Alina Kudas

Inessa Serenko

Samuel Frolov

Viktor Yakovenko

Mikhail Batuev

Milana Volskaya

Semyon Kozlov

Danil Kulik

Mikhail Taratorkin

Aleksandr Shadrin

Anastasia Bubnovskaya

Sofya Zaporozhskaya

Aleksandra Konanova

Anastasia Rozhdestvenskaya

Aleksey Tezikov

Valeriya Yushko

Crew

Stage Director

Lev Dodin

Set designer

Aleksandr Borovskiy

Lighting designer

Damir Ismagilov

Graffiti

Nikita Kasyanenko

About

This production is the first work by Lev Dodin's Young Studio on the stage of the Maly Drama Theatre – Theatre of Europe. It was staged by the master with young actors and, partly thanks to this, has turned out especially sincere, clear, and pure in its expression of feelings. Love—real, alive, and youthful—has battled evil in every era. And whatever the physical outcome of this battle may be, love always emerges victorious. So, despite the gloom and darkness of the surrounding world, this performance is, above all, about happiness. About the happiness of loving and being loved, about the happiness of youth, about the happiness of performing in a production by a great director and stepping onto the renowned stage of the MDT. It is about a happiness worth fighting for, to the death—but it is worth it!

"R.A. Fund" (a foundation for the development and support of socio-cultural projects) is the general partner of the Young Studio and the production "Romeo & Juliet in darkness" at the MDT - Theatre of Europe.